Trustees



' (No Model.) 2Sheets-Sheet 1 A. NEWTON.

NAIL PACKAGE.

No. 572,061. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

2 Sheeta,- Shee t 2. A. NEWTON.

NAIL PACKAGE {No Model.)

Nb. 572,061. Patented Nov; 24, 1896.

: nonms mans c0. moraurw wlSHmGTnn. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR NEWTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO JAMES W. BROOKS, OF PETERSHAM, AND JOHN BROOKS, OFCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, TRUSTEES.

NAlL-PACKAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,061, dated November24, 1896. Application filed- March 28, 1890. Renewed July 23, 1892.Serial No. 441,003. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR NEWTON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Nail Packages or Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to enable nails to be put up in aseries of gangs or charges all contained in a single package of cheapconstruction, the arrangement being such that all the nails of. eachgang can be discharged simultaneously from the holder into a gang ofguides or distributors adapted 1 5 to convey them to the points fromwhich they are to be driven into the work and to arrange the nails inthe order in which they are to stand when driven.

The invention deals principally with nails for boot and shoe heels andwith nailing-machines employing a gang of nail guides or distributers,which at their receiving ends are arranged in a straight row and attheir delivering ends are arranged in a curved row 2 5 corresponding tothe arrangement of nails in a heel.

The invention consists in a nail package or carrier of cheapconstruction, so that it can be discarded after serving its purpose, and

0 formed to receive a series of gangs of nails and hold the nails ofeach gang in an independent row, so that the package or carrier may beplaced over the receiving ends of a gang of nail guides or distributersand caused 3 5 to deliver gangs of nails thereto, the nails of each gangbeing arranged to coincide with said receiving ends when they arebrought to position over. the latter, said nails being also adapted toenter the guides or distributers either by gravitation alone or by theaid of a suitable ejecting device, as I will now proceed to describe andclaim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved package or carrierin the inverted position it occupies before application to the machine.Fig. 2

represents a transverse section of the same in its proper position, thepoints of the nails being downward, the package being provided with afalse bottom. Fig. 3 represents a similar section, showing the falsebottom removed and the carrier in position over the receiving ends of agang of distributers. Fig. at represents a perspective view, and Fig. 5a transverse section, of a modified form of carrier or package; and Fig.6 represents a transverse section of another form.

The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in allof the figures.

In carrying out my invention I construct a carrier orpackage a, having aseries of rows or gangs of pockets, each row adapted to receive and holda gang of nails 1), the arrangement being such that when the bottom ofthe carrier or package rests on a horizontal support, such as the bed orblock 0, containing the receiving ends of the nail guides or distributers (Z, the nails will stand vertically and in position to drop intosaid distributers when the carrier or holder is in position to cause thenails of a gang to coincide with said distributers.

When the carrier or package is placed on said bed, it is to be movedover the same step by step and stopped after each step with a gang ofnails over the gang of distributers, so that at each stop a gang ofnails will be in position to enter said distributers. The pockets in thecarrier or package are preferably openat the bottom of the package whenthe latter is on the bed a, so that each gang of nails on reaching thedistributers will enter the latter by gravitation. Said pockets may,

however, be covered at their lower ends by easily-ruptured bottoms, suchas would be formed by attaching a sheet of paper to the bottom of thecarrier, said sheet supporting the points of the nails, so that somedegree of force will be required to eject the nails from 0 the pocketsand force them into the distribnters. I prefer to make the carrier orpackage of sheets of cheap paper-board, such as strawboard, said sheetsbeing arranged in the form of a box, of which 2 2 are the sides, 3 thetop, and 4t 4 are partitions parallel with the top. The nail-receivingpockets are in this case made by forming orifices in the partitions i 4,as shown in Fig. 1. The carrier is preferably provided with a falsebottom 5, made without perforations and provided with side flanges 6 6to bear on the sides 2 2, but without end flanges, so that when thecarrier is placed on the bed the false bottom may be drawn out endwise,thus allowing the points of the nails to rest directly on the bed, thefalse bottom supporting the nails and keeping them in place in thecarrier or package until they are to be used.

Figs. 4 and show the carrier made of a block, which maybe of wood or anyother suitable material, having. a series of holes drilled or otherwiseformed through or nearly through it to constitute the'pockets. The saidholes maybe covered at their lower ends by a false bottom, as in thefigures previously referred to, or a part of the material of the blockmay be left at the bottom thereof to form rupturable bottoms for thepockets in case it is desirable to employ force to eject the nails.

The package or carrier may be composed of two perforated sheets at 4,connected by side pieces and without top and bottom pieces, as shown inFig. 6. In this case the carrier may be contained in an open-endedcasing 7 before it is used, said casing retaining the nails, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 6, and permitting the carrier to be forced outendwise for'use in the machine.

It will be seen that by providing a cheaplyconstructed package orcarrier adapted to hold a large number of nails in a series of gang-s,each gang comprising one row, nails can be-put upon the market and soldto manufacturers read-yfor delivery to the distributers of nai'l-ingmachines. A large saving to the users of the nails is thus effected,because the expense ofload'ing the nails. at the factory is avoided, itbeing of course practicable to load the nails into the carrier by theuse of machinery and appliances organized for that purpose more cheaplythan they can be loaded by hand, as heretofore, into the devices, usedin connection with nailingnnachines to supply the distributers withnails.

The improved package or carrier may be used in connection with anorganized heelnailing machine, the latter being provided with means forfeeding the carrier step by step.

I prefer in loading the nail-package to place the package in theposition shown in'Fig. 1 and insert the nails with their heads down andresting on the top piece 3, which isthen the bottom of the package. Theloaded package is to be kept in the position last described until it isapplied to the machine, and when so applied is inverted, so that thepiece 3,willfl be at the top and the points of the nailswill be at thebottom, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be seen that a package having apermanent piece 3, made without perforations and extending across thepockets, so as to constitute a barrier or closed end for each pocket,and loaded with nails, the heads of which bear on said piece or barrier3, can be kept in the position shown in Fig. 1, so that the piece 3supports the nails until they are required for use,

it being only necessary to invert the holder,

box or case'with a cover, horizontal perfor.

rated partitions in which nails are located, and a false bottom movablelengthwiseof the box and supporting the points of the nails, as

set forth.

3. The improved nail-package'composed of sheets 4. 4 havingnaiLsupporting orifices and bent at their edges to form flanges, sidepieces 2 2' secured to said flanges, and a removable bQttOln 5 arrangedto support the lower ends of the nails that stand in said orifices, asset forth.

4. A portable nailpackage. comprising a block or case having a series.of independent nail-receptacles arranged in such relation to .oneanother that the nails will be delivered in gangs or charges to thework.

5. A portable nailpackage or-carrierfor use in heel-nai1ing machines,comprising a box or case having a series of independentnailreceptaclesarranged in parallel rows, said rows being so arranged withrelation toone another that each row delivers its nails in gangs. or charges to,the, work at predetermined intervals, substantially as described.

6. A nail-package comprising av block or case having independentnail-receptacles arranged in parallel rows and so disposed as that, thenails are. in position to be delivered to the, work in gangs or charges,anda bottom plate for closing all the holes in said block or case duringtransfer of the package, substantially as described.

7. A nail package or carrier comprising a block or case having, a seriesof independent nail-receptacles arranged in parallel rows, and a coverwhich retains the "nails in said package, substantially as described.

8. A nail package. or carrier for the transportation and distribution offasteningscomprising a block or case having independent nail-receptaclesarranged in parallel rows in which the nails are inserted headsdownward,

IIO

and a removable cover for said case so as that name to thisspecification, in the presence of when said cover is removed and thesaid case two subscribing Witnesses, this 19th day of is placed inproper operative relation to the March, A. D. 1890.

work the nails will be fed from said recepta- ARTHUR NEWTON. 5 cles ingangs or charges, substantially as de- Witnesses:

scribed. G. F. BROWN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my A. D. HARRISON.

